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Like we did for Week 1, we’re going to track where the Green Bay Packers sent their scouts in Week 3 of the college football season. Generally, this information comes from media reports, as those in the press box for college football games can see the seating arrangements for all of the attendees in the box, which includes NFL scouts and general managers.
So do we know where all of the Packers’ scouts were at all times this weekend? No, but we can still gather some useful information from these reports.
There were no media reports on where Green Bay scouts were in Week 2, which is why there wasn’t an update last week. Follow along as we take you through the games that Packers scouts saw live. The rankings we’ll be using are from the consensus draft board’s top-250 prospects of 2026.
There weren’t many draftable prospects in this game, but it was just one of two Power Four versus Power Four matchups on Friday, with the other being Colorado-Houston. The star of this game was Arizona running back Ismail Mahdi, who is currently unranked on the consensus draft board. Mahdi ran for 189 yards on 22 carries after recording just 74 rushing yards in his first two games of the season. He transferred up from Texas State this year, where he posted 2,322 yards over two seasons with the Bobcats. Stock up?
This is an interesting one, considering Michigan State doesn’t have many draftable prospects and Youngstown State is an FCS team. The headliner here is Spartans quarterback Aidan Chiles, a former high school All-American who transferred from Oregon State when head coach Jonathan Smith took the Michigan State job in 2024. He’s only a junior. Over the last three years, only three underclassmen quarterbacks have declared for the draft and not been first-round picks. Don’t hold your breath that Chiles declares in 2026.
With all that being said, Youngstown State does have two borderline draftable players, per the consensus draft board. The first is receiver Max Tomzcak, nephew of former NFL quarterback Mike Tomzcak. Tomzcak was a first-team Missouri Valley player in 2024, a conference that also includes FCS powerhouse programs like North Dakota State and South Dakota State. The second potential draftable prospect is redshirt junior left tackle Desmeal Leigh, who has NFL size at a listed 6’7” and 325 pounds.
